The 48-year-old left Borussia Dortmund this summer and has been linked with a host of posts but is now one of the favourites to take over from under-fire Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers, along with Italian Carlo Ancelotti.

However Rodgers will only consider taking over at the Merseyside outfit if their transfer committee is scrapped, giving him control over who is sold and bought.

Rodgers side sit in seventh place in the table with Saturday’s win over struggling Aston Villa helping to potentially buy the Liverpool manager some time.

Klopp enjoyed a great deal of success during his seven years in charge at the Westfalenstadion, helping Dortmund to two Bundesliga titles as well as guiding the German side to the Champions League final in 2013.